Re: Nice Stuff

[john heydt <jrheydt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After watching the boring Celtics last year I considered giving up my
DirectTV Season Pass.  However, if tonight was any indication of how this
team will play all year I'm glad I didn't cancel.   I just love those quick
outlet passes after a rebound.   At least we shouldn't be as boring this
year as the last few years.

One thing that stunk and I hope FSNE corrects is, after a made basket, they
tend to show a player on the court, a coach, fans or whatever when the ball
is inbounded.  With the way the Celtics will be playing this year we may
miss a lot of action if this continues.   It's already happened in this
game.

John (back to lurk mode)

ps:  As a Wake Forest fan I can't help but feel that the C's made a mistake
in letting Darius Songaila go to Sacramento.  He's playing pretty good for
them.   Maybe they'll try to correct their mistake by keeping Rusty LaRue.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Celtics IGTC POST" <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:26 PM
Subject: Nice Stuff


> I only saw the second half, but it sure seemed like the Cs were playing
like
> liberated men. Running, steals, rebounds and *points in the paint*.
> Virtually a triple double for Pierce, hard work with one superb,
aggressive
> block for Raef and fantastic post play from E.
>
> So what gives? Are they trying to prove they can win without Toine? Are
they
> just responding to the fact that the ball doesn't have to go through one
guy
> any more? After seeing what's happened to Toine, has Obie decided to play
> ball with Danny? Is this game just an aberration?
>
> Personally, I'm inclined to think it's not just an aberration. There
seemed
> to be a freedom displayed among the players where they weren't worried
about
> *who* to pass the ball to, just to pass it to someone in a white
> jersey--especially the white jersey ahead of them on the break. Eric
> especially seemed to be real aggressive, throwing around his herky-jerky
> moves--even getting a real nice fake and move on Garnett.
>
> Of course this is only a pre-season game, but as Tommy said tonight, there
> was some real "heartening" stuff going on that makes me more optimistic
than
> I have felt in a while about the Cs in the long term. They may just be as
> good this year as they were last year. We'll see...
>
> Rich D.
> (freezing tonight in Maine)